Elasticized veil



Dec. 6, 1955 A. MARcELLUs 2,725,572

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INVENTOR. ADA MARCELLUS Unitedv States Patent O ELAsnclzED vEIL lAda Marcellus, New York, N. Y. Application .May 17, 1952, serial No. 288,431

' 3 claims. (icl. 2 201) This invention relatesto new and useful improvelnents in avveil.

More particularly, the present invention proposes .the construction of animproved veil which when worn either as a head or hat veil will adjust itself to the contour of of the hat or head.`

Another object of the present invention proposes forming the veil with an elastic strand or.strands secured'to and running across it nearrthe top so that the veil can be adjusted for the comfort of the wearer or to suit her tas'te.- -f 'vif Still further, the present invention proposes constructing an elasticized veil having elastic strands across its top, which not only are decorative but also are fastened to the veil in such a way as to permit the veil to be gathered thereon to break and soften the atness of the reticnlate veil sheet.

As a further object, the present invention proposes attaching the elastic strands running across the veil to ribbon ties at each side of the veil so that the elastic vcords will be stretched when the ribbon ties are pulled and tied together behind the wearers head or under her chin if the veil is used on a hat.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a side view illustrating the veil of the present invention worn as a head veil.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of a veil similar to that shown in Fig. 1 but with ribbon ties added.

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing a fragment of the real' of the veil in Fig. 2 illustrating how the elastic strands gather portions of the veil.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the front of one corner of the veil.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a front view of a veil illustrating a modification of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

Referring more particularly to the drawings. Fig. 1 shows a head veil 10 made in a single reticnlate sheet or piece of network or material 11 having spaced crossed strands 12 and secured to the wearers hair as by owers 13 bearing bobby pins, combs or clips, only one of which is indicated.

Figs. 2-6 show further the same head veil 10 with ribbon ties 14 and 15 added. The sheet or piece of network 11 has two opposite sides or ends 16 and 17 having attaching portions 18 and 19 near the top edge 20 of the sheet to which the ribbon ties 14 and 15 are secured. One of the ties, 14, is secured to a side edge 21 of sheet 11 in attaching portion 18 and the other tie, 15, is secured to an opposite or opposed side edge 22 of the sheet in its attaching portion 19. l

An elastic strand or thread 23 connected with orv se cured to the crossed strands 12 extend between the attaching portion 18 and 19 across the sheet 11. The sheet 11 may be veiling, net, mesh, chiffon, silk, malines, nylon, lace or any other reticular material and the elastic thread may be woven in, stitched, sewn or otherwise secured.

Elastic thread 23 has one end 24 terminating adjacent the ribbon tie 14 and another end 25 terminating adjacent the .ribbon tie 15 when these ties are secured to the veil. Preferably, the ends 24 and 25 of the elastic thread f are secured to the ribbon ties as illustrated in Fig. 4 so that the thread is stretched directly when the ties are,

pulled. Each ribbon tie is folded over the end of the elastic thread, Fig. 6 showing one tie so folded.

A second elastic strand or thread 26 secured in like fashion to the piece of network or sheet 11 running,

across the sheet parallel to and spaced from the elastic thread 23. This thread 26 also has ends 27 and 28 terminating at and attached to the side edges 21 and 22 of the sheet and preferably secured to the ribbon ties 14 and 15 respectively (see Fig. 6). threads are only slightly larger in diameter than the crossed strands 12 of the sheet.

The side edges 21 and '2z of sheet 11 adjacent@ andi below the ends 27 and 28 of the lower elastic strand 26, nearest the bottom edge 29 of the veil, may be gathered and secured to the ribbon ties also. Figs. 4-6 best illustrate this. The veil strands 12 are connected with the ends of close wound thread bindings or loops 30 and the elastic strands pass freely through these loops. Thus the veil can be gathered on the elastic strands at will to break the flat appearance of the veil since the elastic strands are slightly shorter in length than the sheet in the direction of the strands. The thread loops 30 hold the veil strands in a substantially diamond shaped pattern. Somevthreaded loops 30 are also secured with the veil strands 12 and the ends of the elastic threads when the tie ribbons are folded over them (see Fig. 6) and the whole lamination stitched together.

When the elastic threads, veil strands and thread bindings or loops 30 are thus secured to the ribbon ties with the ribbon folded over them as best shown in Figs. 4 and 6, they will be firmly secured and the elastic threads being freely held in the bindings or loops, will permit the wearer not only to gather portions of the veil but to rearrange the gathering of the material to suit her taste at will while she is wearing the veil.

In the modification shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the veil 32 is made of a reticular sheet 33 substantially rectangular in shape with an upper edge 34 folded over in a wide marginal band 35 composed of two superposed layers. A plurality of rows of elastic threads 36, 37, 38 and 39 are provided running across the sheet 33 in the marginal band 35. The threads 36, 37, 38 and 39 are threaded through the reticular material securing the layers together and are shorter than the width of the material. The sheet may thus be gathered in folds 40 on these threads in portions of the sheet.

It is to be understood that this elasticized veil may be worn with any hat or head trimmings in any desired manner and that any number of elastic strands or threads may be provided in a continuous or zig-zag lirle.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. f

Having thus described my invention, what I lclaim as VPatented Dec. 6, 1955.

Preferably the elasticv 3 new/and desire to secure by. United States Letters Patent 1s:

'1. A'veil Ycomprising a reticulate sheet havingl a pld rality of crossed strands and loops binding together said strands at the crossings, said sheet having two s idleedges and top and bottom edges, an elastic thread adjacerrtto, and spaced from the top edge running across the sheet fr'eelythrough the strand loops, said thread having ends.

terminating at and' being secured to the twoy side edges of*v the sheet, the elastic thread being shorter in length than said sheet inA the direction ink which the thread runs, said reticulate sheet being gathered on the thread to break the atness of the sheet.

2. A veil comprising a reticulate sheet having a pluf rality of crossed strands and loops binding together said strands at the crossings, said sheet having two side edges and top and bottom edges, an elastic thread adjacentnto andl spaced from the top edge running across the sheet freely'through the strand loops, said thread having ends terminating at and being secured to the two side edges of the sheet, the elastic thread being shorter in length than said sheet in the direction in which the thread runs, said reticulate sheet being gathered on the thread to break the atness of the sheet, a second elastic thread similarlyattached to the sheet parallel to the tirst thread, and two ribbon ties secured to the ends of the elastic threads` and to the side edges of the sheet adjacent the ends of the elastic threads.

3. A veil comprising a reticulate sheet having a plurality of crossed strands and loops binding together said strands at the crossings, said sheet having two side edges and top and bottom edges, an elastic thread adjacent to and spaced from the top edge running across the sheet freely through the strand loops, said thread having ends terminating at and being secured to the two side edges of the sheet, said thread being shorter in length than said sheet in the direction in which the thread runs, said reticulate sheet being gathered on the thread to break the atness of the sheet, a second elastic thread similarly attached to the sheet parallel to the first thread, and two ribbon ties secured to the ends of the elastic threads and to the side edges of the sheet adjacent the ends of the elastic threads,y portions of the side edges of the. sheet adjacent to and below the ends of the elastic threads being gathered and secured to the-ribbon ties.

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